Greetings, Watchers. The return of the summer genre shows began in full-force Sunday night with the True Blood season premiere, though the SF Falling Skies and the fun Drop Dead Diva both returned last week.

True Blood, Sunday 9:00 EST, HBO
I will preface my remarks by saying that I have not read the fourth book yet, so I won’t be making any comparisons between the show and the book this week.

Wow – the show kicked off season 4 in style with a great episode. How about those fairies, huh? They are masters of illusion, for sure. Those effects were really well-done, I thought.
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Get your minds out of the gutters. Sheesh, people, you’d think I’d taught you all to expect dirty, perverted things from me!

No, I’m not talking about men here, folks, or sex or what happens to Mike and Ike’s when you leave them in the car on a nice, summer day then try to take a delectable bite. Though, not that I think about dirty, perverted things…
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If the End Fits…the Smallville Series Finale
Despite my intentions, I was unable to watch the finale in my motel room while on an out-of-town trip. I had my fingers crossed that the DVR would cooperate, because, as I told my husband, it wasn’t a season finale, it was a series finale. We have both watched the show for the whole ten years it has been on, and have enjoyed it immensely. Luckily, no power outages occurred and we got to sit in the comfort of our own living room to watch this terrific and satisfying ending to a great series.
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Being Human, Season 3, BBC America
**If you have not watched the finale of Season 3, do not read this. SPOILER ALERT

As much as I truly love this show, I sometimes took issue with Season 3. I will address those situations first.
1.) Mitchell and the Boxcar 20 murders which happened at the end of Season 2 — I did not ever feel that was an appropriate response on his part. His reaction to betrayal felt a bit too extreme to me. If he had only killed the coroner, that would have been more plausible to me.
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Fringe, Friday 9:00 EST, Fox
I’m not sure where to begin, considering everything that happened in this exciting and surprising finale. Let me start by saying I think the episode really delivered – it did everything we could expect from a show that has been full of twists and turns this season.
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Fringe, Friday 9:00 EST, Fox (Carol)
I must say that I enjoyed this whole episode, but the final scene blew me away – I did not expect that. When I am watching a genre show (or any show, really) what I most appreciate is being surprised. Now, the surprise needs to make sense in the context of the show and not come from so far out in left field that there doesn’t seem to be any possible way it could fit, but I really enjoy when something happens that I didn’t see coming.
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Fringe, Friday 9:00, Fox (Carol)
How fun was it to move back and forth between universes in this episode?

I find it interesting that except for Walternate and his evil minion, the alt-verse characters are all completely sympathetic at this point. Fauxlivia was willing to risk herself to avert catastrophe (and save Peter, one would assume), though when we first met her, she was concerned with her mission only. Read More »

Fringe, Friday 9:00 p.m., Fox (Carol)
Well, watchers, our show came back with a bang, huh? I mean, good grief – we had cartoon zombies! And Broyles smiled!

This trippy (no pun intended, really) episode managed to continue the show’s process of delving into characters while furthering along the overall arc. We already know that Peter is crucial to Walternate’s plans, but I believe that Olivia may be the key for our side. And with the two of them working together, perhaps disaster will be averted. How, I’m not sure, but I believe they will both play a part. Your thoughts?
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Being Human, Monday 9:00 EST, SyFy (Jennifer)

“You’re the One that I Haunt”

Wow, Being Human. Turn up the heat, why don’tcha.

Aidan encounters the long-famous Celine, whose name he bears on his chest. Josh deals with Nora’s pregnancy. Sally tries to kill Danny.
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Being Human, Monday 9:00 EST, SyFy (Jennifer)
“Going Dutch”

“Being Human” takes another, darker twist this week as the mysterious vampire elders, known as the Dutch, wreak havoc in Boston. While Aidan deals with his deal with the devil to come back to Bishop’s side, Josh gets his own unexpected surprise, and Sally goes through hell when her ex-boyfriend calls in a psychic to perform an exorcism on the house.

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Fringe, Friday 9:00 EST, Fox (Carol)
First, I want to mention the good news: we did it, watchers — Fringe has been renewed for next season! Thank goodness!

Wow, what an episode this week! I’m not sure where to start! Of course, we have established that most of us have great love for the alt-verse, so a return visit there is always welcome (and not just because we get to see Charlie). I love the way the writers and producers have captured the feel of a slightly post-apocalyptic version of our own world, in such a way that it feels believable.
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Being Human, Monday 9:00 EST, SyFy
“I Want You Back (From the Dead)”

This episode, along with last week’s (“Children Shouldn’t Play With Undead Things”), broke my heart, and I’m pretty sure it was supposed to. Bernie was a sweet character and I was really hoping that he’d continue to play a part as a human for the household to interact with, as well as his mother, once she warmed back up to Aidan. This episode shot down that hope, and I was a little bummed about it.
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Fringe, Friday 9:00 p.m. EST, Fox (Carol)
Lots of surprises in this past week’s episode, weren’t there, Watchers? Where to begin…
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Being Human, Monday 9:00 EST, SyFy (Jennifer)
Episode 1.7, “I See Your True Colors and That’s Why I Hate You”

Being Human returns in what may well be its best episode yet, moving the setting from the cozy Boston apartment for the majority of the episode and pulling its characters to Josh’s family home in the rural countryside. Josh’s decision to grapple with the vampire faction continues to cause problems for him as he deals with the shockwaves of his choice through to this episode.

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Being Human, Saturday, 9:00 EST, BBC America (Carol)
Season Three began for us here last week, and I finally got to watch the first episode. First of all, thank goodness they got Annie back. We knew they would, as she is essential to the story, but I was hoping they would not drag out the purgatory angle for too long and was very pleased with how it was all handled.
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Fringe, Friday 9:00 EST, Fox (Carol)
So, it looks as though Olivia and Peter may have come to an understanding, which, as we can imagine, will likely combust after Faulivia’s news gets around.

I liked the story of the episode, of the two people from either side connecting over the loss of one another – or at least so they thought. That was pretty creepy when the older woman was seeing the “ghost” and all of the walls and things around her were disintegrating. The idea that love could be both a disrupting force as well as the element for healing a rift in the boundary between worlds was an intriguing one, and I have a feeling we may see this concept again in the show. What is your take on this?
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Being Human, Monday 9:00 EST, SyFy (Carol)
Episode four of this show has begun to hit its stride in balancing the individual stories of all three characters with their connections to one another. They each seek to find a way to live with what they are as supernatural beings and still be a part of the world around them. This is, of course, the point of the show, as well as that of the one it is based upon, the original BBC version. Both shows actually demonstrate what the best urban fantasy and paranormal romance seek to express: using the metaphor of the supernatural to explore how it feels to be different and outside what we perceive as the norm.

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Being Human, Monday 9:00 EST, SyFy (Jennifer)
Episode Three, “Something to Watch Over Me”
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Fringe, Friday 9:00, Fox (Carol)

* Be aware, folks – there are some major spoilers here. Do not read this if you have not yet seen this past week’s episode yet.*

Good grief, Watchers – Peter? What the heck is going on with the poor guy? What do you think of Walter’s theory about contact with the machine? I guess they would have to come up with some reason why Peter would act so out of character, and from that perspective, I suppose it makes sense. Your thoughts?
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Being Human, Monday 9:00 p.m., SyFy (Jennifer)

In the American version of the BBC series by the same name, three unlikely roommates tackle the all-encompassing challenges of living together — and being normal. Being human, even: the three roomates are a vampire, werewolf, and a ghost.
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